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A 55-year-old cane loader operator of the Skeldon Estate drowned in a canefield canal in the Number 79 Village backdam last Friday,Steven Stamkos Lightning Jersey, after the machine which he was operating,Yoenis Cespedes Mets Jersey, reportedly toppled into the waterway.Dead: Gopaul JagdeoDead is Gopaul ‘Bangalee’ Jagdeo of Lot 71 Number 59 Village,Tony Twist Jersey, Corentyne. He had been employed with the Guyana Sugar Corporation for just over 16 years, 10 of which he operated the Bell three-wheel cane loader in the backdam.His grief-stricken wife,Detroit Tigers Miguel Cabrera Jersey, Sandra Gopaul,Chris Kreider Rangers Jersey, said that her husband left for work on the night shift of that evening and she received a telephone call from a senior official from the estate shortly after 20:00hrs, relating to her the tragedy that befell her husband.“The [phone] call came in and they said that the Bell loader toppled and he died”, she stated.A visit to the Skeldon Hospital shortly after confirmed the tragedy,Robert Alford Falcons Jersey, with Jagdeo’s body being found at the morgue.Mrs. Gopaul said she is unclear at this point as to how her husband drowned that evening and would like the officials from the estate to provide her with more information. According to the woman there were no eyewitnesses on the night of the incident, since Jagdeo was the only one operating the equipment at the time in the backdam.“He was there alone—that is what I heard from his rep. The vehicle toppled down in the canal at the estate backdam.”Mrs. Gopaul related that it was perhaps difficult for her husband to free himself when the equipment ended up in the canal since he was “strapped down with seatbelt and had on gloves and earmuffs”.She stated that the Estate’s Personnel Manager and other officials have visited the home regularly and have “helped with certain things”. “They came and sympathized,Mathias Corujo Uruguay Jersey,” she added.When asked whether the officials had told her anything about compensation for her husband’s death, the woman answered in the negative, “they didn’t say anything about that”.A post mortem conducted on Jagdeo’s body on Thursday last, by Government Pathologist, Dr. Vivekanand Brijmohan, concluded that Jagdeo died of drowning. His remains will be cremated today.Jagdeo is also survived by his three children: Sarita, 35; Ryan,Toronto Blue Jays Marco Estrada Jersey, 34,J.J. Watt Wisconsin Jersey, and Rosita, 33. Several efforts to contact the Estate Manager as well as Personnel Manager of Skeldon Estate proved futile.A Bell three-wheel caneloader, similar to the one pictured here, reportedly topped into a canal with Jagdeo. |
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